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1. davidcollantes · 1790591454 · focus · HN ↗

   Parley is a chat network with no centre.

   Every person (or team) runs a small instance for their own domain. Instances find each other through DNS and well-known identity documents, exchange signed messages over HTTPS, and present the whole federated network to ordinary IRC clients such as Lurker, Mango, mIRC, WeeChat, Textual, etc., without the need of any plugins.

   1. altilunium · 1790591771 · focus · HN ↗

      can any layman user simply use it without running their own instance?

      1. davidcollantes · 1790591897 · focus · HN ↗

         Yes, you will need to know someone running an instance to create an account for you.

         1. grim_io · 1790593096 · focus · HN ↗

            So... no? :)

            1. jagged-chisel · 1790593585 · focus · HN ↗

               Yes, you can try it without running your own instance. You will need to use someone else's instance.

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